Chapter 1

I felt myself slowly open my eyes, an arm securely wrapped around my waist. "I'll never let go." Rogue's voice echoed, I relaxed for slightly a minute as I slowly glanced up towards whom was carrying me. it had to be Rogue, he had rescued me already. I glanced towards the ground feeling shame wash over my face, it hadn't been that long ago we were still walking back to the castle. He was probably angry at me for not using my shield when I had truly needed it. I glanced towards my abdomen red liquid dripping from a wound. How did that happen? My mind buzzed trying to remember the recent events of the night. I had just been talking to Rogue within my room hadn't I? In the morning-in the morning-we were going to take a journey to visit a woman who he had presumed was my mother. I had just met Artemis, and Sting had settled, they were going to get married soon. That was probably cute, I glanced towards the ground wondering what it would be like.

As suddenly a shiver ran up my spin. Something wasn't right here. There was definitely something wrong, I couldn't smell any of the sweet kind scents of the welcoming city. Instead it was as if we were in Murky Forest which was just outside the circumference of PhantomLord. I glanced up towards whom I thought to be Rogue. The only problem was it wasn't Rogue. I felt my heart pulse as my instinct kicked in to start kicking and screaming as hard as I could, and for an injured untrained woman in heels I did pretty well, I managed to get the attacker to almost drop me for a moment in the least before the scoffed and continued walking. I felt so flimsy and weak, something that I should have probably been getting used to since entering another kingdom's castle where not one but two dragon slayers resided.

I felt myself blink barely able to breath as I remembered the events. I had grown up under the evil rule of the step-in "King" Jose who was determined to kill most of the citizens by the time I was eightteen while also apparently keeping an eerie watch on each of the maid's family history while doing so, during this time most of the magic-users were limited to a very select few even in places where magic was more prominent magic had only been in the upper class. And even then there was a certain magic that was also extremely uncommon, dragon slaying magic. It was just recently that Prince Rogue had told her- no presumed- that she was a kidnapped child from a far away kingdom from a step-in-queen. They were going to visit tomorrow, and yet there I was somewhere far away deep within the woods with a strange stranger instead. "Rogue.." I whispered wondering if he was already close enough to hear me yet. He was definitely going to come for me.

"Shut up, you just had to wake up right before we got there didn't you?" the person carrying me grumbled shifting my position. "You have no idea how much easier it is to carry someone who's unconscious." They grumbled complaining as if it were an everyday job that really didn't matter to them any more. "Why? Where are we? ...Where are we going?" I whispered barely able to speak a glared flashed quickly down at me before I blacked out blinking only to see "King" Jose in front of my face once again. I felt a shiver of fear and deja vu echo throughout my entire being, a desire to call and scream for Rogue becoming even louder as I looked at the man who the last time I had seen him he had tried to kill me.

"Our precious dear maid Celestine who was kidnapped to SaberTooth as a hostage has been returned. Thank goodness!" "King" Jose said spinning around to face the rest of the room of nobles who probably just found someone new to boss around clapped cheerfully some crying to put on a show as they saw their "comrade" be returned to their "humble" and "safe" home. I felt a shiver run down my spine to me this place was totally opposite. Coming here was a death sentence. I glanced around at each of the faces smiling and crying so happy that I was home those same faces of when I had been dragged up for execution that were laughing. The scene was so planned yet it was extremely readable. I felt my heart pounded in my chest screaming for the only thing that would probably show up and save me from such a man. A dragon slayer. A prince. And not just any prince. My heart was screaming for Rogue begging him to show up.

The only problem with that was he was probably asleep. No, he wouldn't be, he had always rushed to my side no matter what was wrong. I felt my heart pound in my ribcage betraying what I had told myself I was going to do. I wasn't going to be afraid and I was going to be completely assured that Rogue would come for me. I glanced towards maids who were running fearfully in and out a couple glancing towards me who was wheezing on the floor spilling my insides all over it waiting for "King" Jose to scream about me ruining the floor. "You gonna get mad 'bout the floor?" I found the strength to laugh glancing towards Jose as I attempted to put pressure upon my wound the step-in-king swirled back to me having a completely abstract look upon his face.

It was the opposite of how I was imagining it, obviously this must've been part of the plan. "Quickly! Get a doctor! SaberTooth tried to silence her once they decided she wouldn't be of help!" Jose shouted as several maids ran in and dragged me out on a gurney. Everything was going back and forth between being visible and completely black. Even at one point I had imagined Rogue standing next to me while Artemis was on the other side trying frantically to heal me. I reached my hand out towards them, the hallucinations passing through my hands as the one of Rogue's leaned down whispering. "I will find you." I felt a smile come to my face.

I glanced open my eyes looking around, this wasn't our medical room, it couldn't have been. It was too nice, there were no cobwebs, and "King" Jose was just sitting there with another man sipping tea. At that rate I was slowly becoming highly confused. "This isn't the castle." I whispered as "King" Jose shook his head obviously still keeping up his act. "No, no, no, we came up to the personal royal quarters to make sure that you had everything you needed." He instructed as I felt my heart pounder there was definitely something wrong here. And in a scary way. "I need out of here!" My mind screamed as suddenly it slipped from my mouth, I was already losing it.

"I need out of here! Let me out! I need to go back to Sabertooth! Who kidnapped me? Why do I have a giant hole in my abdomen?!" I screeched glancing at everyone in the room as suddenly several of the people in white coats rushed over attempting to calm me down once again. "I don't want to be here! I want to go back!" I screeched as everyone looked at me puzzled and confused. "Do you remember the memory wip drug you suggested earlier?" "King" Jose whispered to the other man who nodded. I felt my eyes widen they only did that for extreme war cases and most people didn't get to choose. "No, no, no! Let go! I wasn't traumatized! I was happy there!" I screeched my voice being ignored almost completely. They were going to try to erase all of my memories, every single one of them.

"I feel she may have been traumatized in Sabertooth"